Segments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Segments [Abstract]

Segments

3.    Segments

Service revenues and sales by business segment are shown in Footnote 2. After-tax income/(loss) by business segment are as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
VITAS	$	45,737	$	39,773	$	147,262	$	106,400
Roto-Rooter		31,176		26,140		84,966		76,302
Total		76,913		65,913		232,228		182,702
Corporate		(9,191)		(6,966)		(26,514)		(28,359)
Net income	$	67,722	$	58,947	$	205,714	$	154,343

We report corporate administrative expenses and unallocated investing and financing income and expense not directly related to either segment as “Corporate”.